»» Good morning. I'm Mark Stewart. And I will be the facilitator of this two-day Long-Term
Care Hospital Quality Reporting Program Provider Training. I want to do something new this
morning to make sure we're all awake. When I say hello, you say hi. When I say, hi, you
say hello. You ready? Hi! »» Hello.
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»» Very good. Thank you. When you checked in this morning you should have received a
folder that looks like this. In the left-hand pocket is the agenda for both days of the
training. The right-hand pocket has an Action Plan that I'll say more about that in a second.
It's followed by coding scenario sheets for Section M, which will be covered today. And
at the back is a listing of the acronyms. Myself and the other faculty will do their
best to not use a bunch of acronyms during both days, but should you need to reference
them, it's at the back of the right pocket. In the room are a few yellow shirts. Those
are staff that can help you with anything and everything you may need both days, including
me or anybody else at the registration table. Lunch today will be on your own. We'll give
you more information when the time comes. Restrooms are out the doors in the back, past
the elevators, and to your left. The ladies room is first and then the mens room. You'll
see on the agenda it's structured with very specific time frames. We will need to stick
to these timeframes, because it's being viewed by participants online today as well. So,
to those of you watching online, welcome and thank you. Certificates will be provided to
everyone who is in the room, checked in, and provided an email address. So those will be
sent to you after the training. All of the materials are available on the CMS LTCH QRP
provider training webpage. And if you're joining us online today, they're also available at
livestreamconnect.com. If you're watching online you may need to press the "play" button
to have the video show up. We encourage questions throughout the training, the faculty will
as well. There's three different ways you may ask questions. On the tables are cards.
If you could please complete the card, remember to include your name, organization. It's best
if you could please include the section that the question relates to because we have to
compile all of them, as you can imagine, into a spreadsheet. And then ask the question.
In addition, there are two microphones in the room. Please, please, please, use the
microphones to ask questions if you don't want to use the card. Again please give your
name, organization. And the section number is less relevant if it's during one of the
presentations. The cards will be picked up at each break by staff. And we'll share them
with faculty. Questions that are answered during the training, we'll post. The other
questions that may need to be referred, say for example to the help desk, will be shared
later after they've had a chance to respond. Regarding today, often you know, an agenda
sort of winds down towards the end of the day. Following the last break there will be
a session hosted by CMS, titled "We Want to Hear From You." We request, welcome and encourage
the providers in the room to be sure to attend that session at the end of the day. This is
today's agenda. The overview will be given by Ms. Lorraine Wickiser from CMS. Section
N, Medications will be presented by Carole Schwartz of RTI. Section I and Section O,
Terry Eng, also from RTI. And Section M: Skin Conditions, will be Ann Spenard from Qualidigm.
These are the presenters that you'll hear from today. Lorraine is a Nurse Consultant
at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Currently she directs the coordination of
the LTCH QRP within the Division of Chronic and Post Acute Care, also known in the city
of acronyms DC as DCPAC. In that role she oversees several contractors. Carole Schwartz
will also present today, she's worked at RTI for approximately three years as a Research
Health Analyst with the Quality Measurement And Health Policy Program within E-Health,
Quality and Analytics Division. Dr. Terry Kahlert Eng will also be presenting today.
She's a Research Public Health Analyst at RTI in the Healthcare Quality and Outcomes
Program. She has deep experience in acute care nursing leadership rules. The last presenter
shown for today is Ann Spenard, who I mentioned, is at Qualidigm where she's Vice President
and Principal and has extensive experience in long-term care and as geriatric specialist.
She has led National Patient Safety Quality Data and Validation projects. General information,
I may have covered these at the outset. Training materials with the answers will be provided
following the training. You aren't allowed to cheat. So you don't have the answers in
your packet. All of the video recordings for both days will be posted on CMS's YouTube
site. And certificates of completion, as I mentioned, will be emailed to those who are
attending in person. I had said there are three ways to ask questions: the cards on
the table, the microphones in the room, and the third is via this online form that is
shown. So if you will click on this link or access this link, please be sure again to
enter your name, organization, email, section I believe is a drop-down selection. Yes, choose
the section that the question relates to. After you ask the question, click "submit".
That will submit that question. You'll have the opportunity to submit another one. So
we request that you please, only ask one question per form submission. Again because they have
to all be collated and compiled. Here's the link after you submit the question. This will
pop up. You click the blue "submit another question." It says "response." This is the
Action Plan. It's at the front of the right packet. We encourage you to use this throughout
both days as a way to really sort of make it active learning. It will help you focus
your ideas into steps to accomplish your goals. So each of the faculty during their section
we'll be reminding you and nudging you to please use the Action Plan. I have a brief
icebreaker activity for you to do together at your tables. On the tables are two white
polling devices with black cords. You will need to use those to answer these questions.
This is sort of a prep for the presentations where you'll be asked questions related to
content. So each table, if you could please designate one or two people to submit the
answers to the questions, this will be a good way for us to warm-up. First question. So
all of these questions are about Dallas. Any local people in the room today? You have some
help. We'll see how well they do. What is the current estimated population of the city
of Dallas? So if you could choose and select the corresponding letter: A, B, C, or D.
B. 1.3 million. Looks like there was a tie for C and D. Correct answer was B.
I hope the local people helped.
Next question, which relates. Dallas is the blank largest city
in the great United States?
Oh, we're 0 for 2. You'll do much better on the content related
ones. I'm sure. The correct answer is, B. 7th.
Sorry, C. So this is good prep for me
as well. Orange are the correct answers. (Laughter) 20% of you answered C, 9th largest city. But
the correct answer was 7. »» You'll do much better with the clinical questions. (Laughter)
»» Third question. What is the tourism slogan for Dallas?
A. Everything is Bigger in Dallas, B. Live Large, Think Big,
C. Be Free in The Big D. Or D. Big Things Happen Here
So the correct answer, which the majority responded
correctly is D. Big Things Happen Here, 57%. I did not know this, so that's impressive. Congratulations.
Question four. The Galleria, which I believe is nearby, is home to the
country's largest indoor what? A. Waterfall, B. Waterslide, C. Climbing Wall, Or D. Christmas Tree
No Googling. (Laughter)
Yay! Two in a row! All right. Correct answer is D. Christmas Tree,
which the majority got correct.
Question five. Dallas is considered the home to the
United States largest? A. Urban Arts District, B. Country and Western Music District, Or
C. Cattle Farming District.
Yay! Congratulations, another one. The largest Urban Arts District.
Three-quarters of you got it correct.
Which Fortune 500 company is headquartered in the Dallas area?
A. General Motors, B. AT&T, C. Apple, Or D. Walmart.
Wow. Landslide.
AT&T, 92% answered correctly.
Which convenience store chain originated in the Dallas area?
A. Dari Mart, B. Wawa, C. 7-Eleven, Or D. Cumberland Farms.
Again, all right. We're on a streak.
92% correctly responded 7-Eleven.
And our last question, which delectable desert
originated in Dallas? There's a hint because it says delectable and the first choice is
A. Carrot Cake, B. Boston Cream Pie, C. German Chocolate Cake, Or D. Tiramisu.
The responses are slower. There must be much deliberation.
Ahhhh. I have tricked you. There must be some
carrot cake lovers in the crowd. Correct answer is C. German Chocolate Cake. So thank you
for getting ready for what promises to be a jam-packed two days. I'll now introduce
Ms. Lorraine Wickiser from CMS.